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Kory

#3,351 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Variant of Corey

Kory has been given to 15,723 babies in the U.S. since 1952. In 2025 it ranked #3,351 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1989, with 601 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 91% boys, 9% girls all-time.

Babies named Kory, 2025

1 in 94,700

Kory over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060080018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Kory over time

In 2025, Kory went to 22% girls and 78% boys.

19522025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Kory: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Corey

surname transfer

What Kory means

Kory is a variant of Corey.

Origin, language, and formation

Kory is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Kory is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Corey and Cory.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 14,385 boys were recorded with the name Kory between 1952 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 601 in 1989; its best national rank was #360 in 1988.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #2,489 in 2020 to #3,351 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,812 in 2015 to #3,351 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,338 girls were recorded with the name Kory between 1957 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 50 in 1989; its best national rank was #2,158 in 1986.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #8,207 in 2020 to #9,797 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,863 in 2015 to #9,797 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Kory?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 94,700
35 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 48,800
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#3,351
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
65,655 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kory sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 65,655 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kory. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Korys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kory was born before 1988 — so the typical Kory is around 37 today.

Median birth year
1988
About 37 years old
Biggest decade
1980s
28.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
16.1%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
14,385
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1980s — 28.9% of all recorded uses (4,159).

Is Kory rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−367
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−862
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,539
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.42×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
5.8%
Peak was 1989 (601)
Years since peak
36
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
13.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#360
1988

Spellings of Kory

Kory is not the most common spelling — Gary is, with 30.2% against Kory's 0.48%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Kory is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Kory was most concentrated in Ohio — about 1 in 33,333 boys, against 1 in 58,130 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in 100,000).

13 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Ohio1 in 33,333
  2. 2California1 in 50,000
  3. 3Illinois1 in 50,000
  4. 4Maryland1 in 50,000
  5. 5Texas1 in 50,000
  6. 6Florida1 in 100,000
  7. 7Georgia1 in 100,000
  8. 8New York1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Kory is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Kory was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 408,756 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3New York1 in —
  4. 4Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Kory has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Kory around the world

Where Kory ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #5,137
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2008–2008
    #601
    in 2008
  • France
    2006–2021
    #4,032
    in 2021
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #2,550
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1976–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Kory

People whose public names include Kory, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Kory in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Kory. Linked forms have their own page here.

CoryKorey

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Kory by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,351
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 862
Best rank ever
#360
1988
Peak year
1989
601 that year
First recorded
1952
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
14,385
Count in 2025
35

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#9,797
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,590
Best rank ever
#2,158
1986
Peak year
1989
50 that year
First recorded
1957
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,338
Count in 2025
10

Names similar to Kory

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

KoreyKorbinToryRoryKoriEmoryIvoryJoryKorbynKortKorbenKordCoryKoranKordellKortezKorbanKorenAmoryJacoryKorieKordaeKorryMory

Names with a curve like Kory

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Kory, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

KristoferArronJarvisDerickBrentonJamelAntwanJerrodKurtisDerikKelseyJarrod

Sibling names for Kory

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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